Boomer EntropyBoomer EntropyAs we go about our daily lives fittnessing, stock-market watching, traveling, trawling the Internet, or comparison-shopping assisted living quarters, perhaps those of us in the Boomer generation can take some time to contemplate the weltanschauung we Articles
connections
2007-11-11 00:35:00 Connections are what hold us all to each other, but they can be very difficult to maintain. I’ve not been able to post to my blog in several days due to difficulties connecting to the internet and the the server that help maintain my connections. This does not mean I’ve given up on the connections, the internet, ... More About: Connections
green is green
2007-11-06 03:57:00 In poor imitation of Shakespeare, a tree by any other name would still have branches. Seeking brief shelter this afternoon from the blaze of the afternoon sun, I thought about foliage and all the different “shades” of green upon which one might reflect. But green is green–unless one is color-blind, of course. Planting a tree is ... More About: Green
limitless qualities and capabilities
2007-11-04 06:04:00 Human beings are a wonderful creation embodied with limitless human qualities and capabilities. Our theoretical constructs should make room for the blossoming of those qualities, not assume them away. - Muhammad Yunus, (1940- ), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2006 More About: Capa
Internet Privacy
2007-11-03 18:33:00 Online Marketers Joining Internet Privacy Efforts - New York Times "...the AOL division of Time Warner will announce a service of this type...
VolunteerMatch: Where Volunteering Begins
2007-11-03 18:08:00 VolunteerMatch: Where Volunteering Begins I recently spent some time at VolunteerMatch, signing up for an account and searching for volunteer opportunities... More About: Erin
freedom is not merely casting off one?s chains
2007-11-02 06:02:00 For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. - Nelson Mandela (1918- ) , Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1993 More About: Freedom , Casting , Hain , Chains
the potential of the ?$100 laptop?
2007-11-01 06:01:00 When I saw the first story about $100 laptops, I thought, "Yeah, right..." Since they've actually gone into production and I've read the specs, I understand the pricetag. At first glance, the idea seems wonderful, especially for education and especially in "developing" countries with the get one, give one idea. But as I read on about the built-in, default, automatic p2p network... More About: Laptop , Tent
Real Estate Blog Network Attracts Capital
2007-10-31 22:58:00 Not All Is Gloomy in Real Estate - New York Times "In some respects, sites like Curbed are insulated from the woes of the real estate market... More About: Real Estate , Network , Blog
Boomer super-majority
2007-10-31 19:58:00 While the AARP and Harvard reports mentioned previously divide the middle socioeconomic strata of the Boomer population into two groups, Self-Reliants (at 30% of the total population) and Today?s Traditionalists (at 25% percent of the total population), these two groups also share much in common. Together, the two groups make-up around 55% of the ... More About: Super
Altruistic Entrepreneurship
2007-10-31 03:56:00 In India, Poverty Inspires Technology Workers to Altruism - New York Times - "To re-create this dynamic online, Babajob pays people to be ?connectors? between employer and employee.... More About: Entrepreneurship , Rene
Bush?s Dangerous Liaisons
2007-10-31 03:48:00 "On this principle, the Terror [en Français: le terreur] demonized its political opponents, imprisoned suspected enemies without trial and eventually sent thousands to the guillotine.... More About: Bush , Dangerous
Universal Prekindergarten
2007-10-30 05:11:00 Universal Prekindergarten - New York Times False dichotomies abound in educational debates. There is no "law" (yet) that says creativity and imagination cannot be combined with actual learning... More About: Universal , Univers , Kindergarten
$1m offer to NBC: include U.S. presidential candidate Gravel in TV debate
2007-10-30 02:26:00 $1m offer for NBC to include U.S. presidential candidate Gravel in TV debate - Wikinews, the free news source - "NBC cited fund raising as a criteria for inclusion in this debate... More About: Presidential , Debate , Resident , Offer
The Boomer Blog
2007-10-30 01:16:00 The Boomer Blog - only for those 42+ who are affluent, empowered, and vital...
Blogging Boomers Carnival #44
2007-10-30 00:49:00 Blogging Boomers Carnival #44 - at LifeTwo More About: Blogging
precious is death of the loyal
2007-10-29 00:45:00 Today, not the first and likely not my last experience of such, a death leads me to forego the usual Serene Sundays quote. A friend–a small, wizened, frail feline of around 20 years–has changed dwellings, moving to the stronghold of the great joy of deathlessness. The move began a few days ago. Not quite ... More About: Death , Precious , Reci
radiating tender welcome
2007-10-26 18:44:00 In a cloudless night sky, the full moon, "The Lord of the Stars" is about to rise... The face of my compassionate lord, Padmasambhava, Draws me on, radiating its tender welcome... More About: Adia , Tender
entertaining Boomers
2007-10-24 07:24:00 The names in use by the two dominant political parties in the U.S.A. today are remnants leftover from the rhetoric of past political campaigns. If we look closely at the history of our country?s political parties, we find these remnants have been pieced together to compose two allegedly opposing views of polity that bear ... More About: Boomers , Entertaining
entrance to policy-making marketplace
2007-10-23 07:23:00 A number of the pitfalls of ?free market? ideologies have already been covered, so ?liberating processes that distribute resources? among peoples is not a statement equivalent to an absolute ?libertarian? stance on economic activities. Market economies have always operated under cultural norms, mores, and laws?rules, as it were. So the question is not about whether ... More About: Policy , Marketplace , Tran , Entrance
conservatives, liberals, and polity
2007-10-22 07:06:00 In an earlier post, I touched on the continuum of ideological stances that shape political platforms. Here, keep in mind that ?politeia?, the root term of politic, has to do with peoples of a bounded geographic area. In U.S.A. history alone?not to mention world history? politics as a means for ?intervention? in the processes that ... More About: Liberals , Conservatives
going deeper into truth
2007-10-21 07:41:00 Doubts demand from us a real skillfulness in dealing with them, and I notice how few people have any idea how to pursue doubts or to use them. It seems ironic that in a civilization that so worships the power of deflation and doubt, hardly anyone has the courage to deflate the claims of doubt ... More About: Truth , Going , Goin , Ruth
The Clinton Surprise
2007-10-20 23:02:00 The Clinton Surprise - Judith Warner - Domestic Disturbances - Opinion - New York Times Blog After just posting an educated guess that the lower-economic tiers in the U.S.A have expanded, I open this news item to read: "a new set of data from the I.R.S... showed that America?s most ... More About: Linton
majority Boomers
2007-10-20 22:34:00 Previous posts examine the ?tails? of the socioeconomic distribution of the Boomer cohort (the Enthusiasts at 13% and the Strugglers at 9%), which together total around 22% of the population. What about the other 78%, the ?middle of the curve? Boomers ? The AARP and Harvard reports mentioned previously divvy the remaining Boomer population into three ...
Mixx
2007-10-20 02:01:00 Mixx - News, photo, and video sharing - Now this is an interesting new take... More About: Mixx
Silicon Valley Start-Ups Awash in Dollars, Again
2007-10-20 00:21:00 New York Times "The trend is described as a return to... More About: Start , Silicon Valley , Dollars , Silicon , Valley
Beware the Trojan Horse ? 401(k)?s & IRA?s
2007-10-19 23:14:00 Beware the Trojan Horse ? 401(k)?s & IRA?s ? Learn Now or Pay Later · BawldGuy Talking "It?s nearly been all good too... More About: Beware , Roja , Rojan
The First Boomer (cartoon)
2007-10-19 22:57:00 The Doc Is In» Blog Archive » The First Boomer (cartoon) - Just a bit of humor... More About: Cartoon
where individuals and nations are free
2007-10-19 07:19:00 "Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience... More About: Free , Nations , Dual , Individuals
Eons
2007-10-18 05:28:00 Eons: Lovin’ life on the flip side of 50 - While I have no death wish for Eons, as does Sixty, the site does have some downsides, including those mentioned by Sixty. Overall, the space seems flat and difficult to navigate. I get the impression that there are almost as many “experts” as members and, of ... More About: Eons
Sad story?
More articles from this author:2007-10-18 04:55:00 Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders - washingtonpost.com "Verizon and AT&T said it was not their role to second-guess the legitimacy of emergency government requests." Is is sad that Verizon, AT&T, et al., cannot afford to keep good attorneys on staff. More About: Story 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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